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ATA Truck Tonnage Index inches upward 

The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index edged 1.7 percent higher in February 2009, marking the second consecutive month-to-month increase....

Book tells how to achieve
‘Safety for the Long Haul’
 

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has released Safety for the Long Haul, a comprehensive text on large-truck safety....

ATA files motion in HOS
legal challenge reponse
 

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has filed a motion to intervene in response to the latest challenge to the hours-of-service (HOS) rules....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index rises in January 2009 

The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index climbed 3.0 percent in January 2009, marking only the second month-to-month increase in the past seven months....

ATA issues Driver Compensation Study 

The American Trucking Associations has released the ATA Driver Compensation Study with data from 2007 and 2008 operations. It is ATA's first report on...

ATA assesses proposed
infrastructure financing
 

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has commended the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission for its thorough accounting of funding deficiency challenges facing the nation’s surface transportation systems....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index plummets in December 

The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index plunged 11.1 percent in December 2008....

ATA hails passage of pension relief bill 

The American Trucking Associations applauds the U.S. Senate's recent passage of a pension relief bill that will help ease the financial strain on American...

ATA, Codega offer safety training program 

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Codega LLC have introduced the ProTraining Safety Series 1 program to educate truck drivers particularly...

ATA urges national drug test database 

The American Trucking Associations is again calling on the United States Congress to help the trucking industry keep drug and alcohol abusers off the...

ATA: Study fails to consider new truck emission reductions 

A study of 31,135 trucking workers indicating they showed an elevated risk of lung cancer with increasing years of work does not accurately portray the industry, said Glen Kedzie, vice president and environmental affairs counsel of the American Trucking Associations....

Truck Tonnage Index decreases in October 

The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 3.0 percent in October 2008, marking the fourth consecutive month-to-month drop....

ATA backs bipartisan energy plan 

The American Trucking Associations has announced its support for a bipartisan comprehensive energy bill that calls for domestic oil drilling, tax incentives,...




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